Brooklyn

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad

Carlisle Rivera, involved in an Iran-backed plot to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy charges.

|ByREUTERS, AMICHAI STEIN
Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran, January 15, 2026; illustrative.
Antisemitic vandalism found at a playground in Brooklyn.

Teens arrested after allegedly spray painting dozens of swastikas on Brooklyn playground

The teens have been charged with aggravated harassment charges, and one has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime, according to the New York Police Department. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Christine Clarke as chair and commissioner for the New York City Commission on Human Rights at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, New York

US court rejects Mamdani's attempt to block real-estate deal involving Israeli-owned company

The deal is valued at $451 million and includes more than 5,000 apartments across 90 buildings, most of them subject to rent regulation.

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Interior of the Kingsbrook Synagogue.

Gov. Hochul says she stepped in to block demolition of historic Brooklyn shul

For nearly 100 years, the synagogue has served Jewish hospital patrons and residents in the surrounding neighborhoods of East Flatbush and Crown Heights.

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NYC Radicals threaten to 'flood' Crown Heights and 'rise up' against Chabad

Police officers headed off an anti-Zionist demonstration that made the Jewish neighborhood its intended destination.

APRIL 29, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Police block pro-Palestinian supporters from entering a neighborhood with a large Orthodox Jewish population on April 28, 2025, in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn event with Itamar Ben-Gvir cancelled days before his US trip

The event featuring the far-right Israeli minister was to be hosted by Beis Shmuel Chabad, a Crown Heights synagogue.

APRIL 19, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives to a court hearing of the Shin Bet official arrested in suspicion of leaking classified information to a journalist and a Minister at the court in Lod, April 15, 2025.

Mother, two daughters killed by driver with suspended license in Brooklyn's Jewish area

"This was a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions," said Mayor Adams.

MARCH 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family walks in a street of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York on October 7, 2025

New York City ex-allies clash over Trumpian style in an Orthodox district race

Tuesday's special election will decide the 44th district representative for orthodox south Brooklyn.

MARCH 25, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured), ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019.

NYC Israeli real estate event descends into violence after protests

Al-Awda claimed that the anti-Israel protests were to stop what they claimed was the sale of “stolen” land. 

FEBRUARY 19, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
NYC Israeli real estate event devolves into violence after anti-Zionist protest, February 19, 2024.

'Genocide cuisine': Brooklyn Israeli restaurant vandalized with graffiti

The restaurant said that its branches would continue to welcome all, and encouraged patrons to spread "love, not hate."

JANUARY 27, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
An Israeli cuisine restaurant was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in Brooklyn on Saturday

NYPD Muslim Officers Society plays crucial role in Brooklyn's massive hanukkiah lighting

"There's a place for love and unity. There's mutual respect, especially religiously," NYPD detective Amen said.

DECEMBER 25, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
The massive menorah at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan.

Eight incredible things to do during Hanukkah in NYC this year

Looking to stay entertained during this busy, chilly time of year? Here at the New York Jewish Week, we’ve got you covered.

DECEMBER 25, 2024ByLISA KEYS/JTA
The pop-up Maccabee Bar is back in a new location this year.

New York street to be renamed after the Lubavitcher Rebbe

New York City Council approved renaming a section of Crown Heights' President Street as "Lubavitcher Rebbe Way" to honor Rabbi Schneerson, who transformed the Chabad movement.

DECEMBER 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON, the beloved Lubavitcher Rebbe.

'Anora' hits Israeli screens: A modern fairy tale with dark realities - opinion

Mikey Madison shines in Director Sean Baker's modern-day Cinderella story with a not-so-fairytale ending.

DECEMBER 11, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN
MIKEY MADISON and Mark Edelshteyn in ‘Anora.’